Medicinal plants

National Hemp Day, February 4

National Hemp Day is February 4. Hemp has had a great historical importance for rope and canvas and was a required agricultural crop in the fledgling U.S. in the 1600s. UC Davis is now pursuing the many scientific, agricultural, and medicinal uses of hemp and cannabis.

University of California Hemp Research Already Yielding Results

For the first time, plant scientists at UC Davis and UC ANR harvested an industrial hemp crop at UC locations. Working on the project are Professor Charlie Brummer, and Cooperative Extension Specialists Bob Hutmacher and Dan Putnam – all three are faculty in the Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis.